The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-14
The Speakers Influen Thrown
to Neither Side.
he ASKS THAT HIS FRIENDS MAY HAVE
TIME TO CONSULT.
Attempts to Return to the Old maiosity Rule Fail
7 Future caucuses to be Private Wedding
Out the Pending Bills.


TALLAHASSEE, FLA, May 13.-At the
opening of the caucus, tonight, Senator
Mann moved that all the proxies
register at once with the Secretary
which was done. Senator Wall
then, in short speech, offer
f., ed the following resolution because,
as he said, that it had been frequently
defeat an election in the Senate until the
caucus agreed upon nomination.
Resolved, That we will not elect a
Senator i'm Joint session unless he be first
regularly nominated by this caucus, and
that we will SO distribute our votes i'm
joint session as to accomplish this pur-
pose.
Senator Mann moved to amend
that the Democrats pledge them
selves not to elect by the aid of
any Republican votes. Senator Wall
accepted this amendment, and during
the discussion which followed Senator
ing said that it was ''Bloxham or moth
ing with me" in open caucus. Senator
Wall promptly denied this. and Repre-
sentative Saxon said that the exact
words that We're used were that the .'Blox-
ham men had nailed their colors to the
mast" which Senator Wall acknOwl-
edged having used. Several speeches
were made by Messrs. Mann, Wall,
Blackwell and others urging harmony,
all expressing an earnest desire to have
this Legislature elect United States
Senator.
Senator Wall finally said in one of his
speeches that the Bloxham men were as
sincere Democrats as any i'm the State and
would come half way for the sake of
harmony in the party and more than
that. III it be found that neither
of the leaders whose names were heading
the canvass could be elected before the
Assembly closed he proposed that they
should be withdrawn, and that from the
great Democratic party another be Sc
lected who would heal the differences
now existing.
Senator Mann promptly replied that the
Perry men would more than come half
way and We're willing to agree to bind
the caucus to so distribute its vote in
joint session as to defeat an election un-
til the caucus should nominate a candi-
date, and i'm order to insure the ac-
comolishment of this that, after the
first day of June, if the caucus should
not have made a nomination, they
would agree to abandon the two-thirds
rule and adopt the good old Democratic
one of the majority.
This Senator Wall said he could agree
to and the proposition raised a storm of
speechmakers, some for and some
against.
Senator Mallory finally arose, and, as
usual, commanded immediate attention.
His speech was the most eloquent and
logical of the evening. He reviewed the
course of the canvass, eulogizing the
names and abilities of Bloxham and paid
a most glowing tribute to Speaker Pasco.
He was frequently applauded, especially
when he described the scene i'm the
Convention during the struggle for
Governorship wherein Pasco had immo-
lated himself upon tine altar of Demo-
cratic harmony. He opposed any abo-
VI tnt Tuit one OF DOtn ltstu-
ers in this contest could have an oppor-
tunity to do what they would in the way
of withdrawal voluntarily.
At the conclusion of Senator Mallory's
speech, Judge Lamar arose and offered
the following as substitute for the
matter:
ResOired, That we, the Democratic
y.
our votes in joint session as to prevent
an election until we make a nomination
by twO-thirds vote.
MIR. PAsCo wITHDRAws.
In the caucus, pending the considera- |
tion of this, Speaker Pasco arose and
came forward in front of the presidents
stand. Breathless silence reigned at
once, while the Speaker began in a voice
trembling with emotion and excitement
to review the course of the canvass so
far ac to point out the circumstances
which led to the placing his name before
the caucus and the various phases of the
struggle. AS he proceeded he became
more collected and paid a glowing pane
gyric to both the leading candidates and
reviewing the cause of the Demo-
Gratis in the State since the
dark days of 1876, made most
eloquent and fervent appeal for party
harmony, and withdrew his name in
order To do what he and his friends
could do i'm that direction. He took occa-
sion to give both sides some wholesome
advice about what was expected of them.
and urged them to remember that it was
not what men say but what men do by
which they are judged.
Mr.. Pasco never appeared to better ~
vantage in his life than while making
this speech and his eloquent and earnest
words were frequently interrupted by
storms of applause. He spoke for about
twenty minutes and took occasion to re-
mark that his withdrawal was
positively i'm favor of neither
of the candidates but simply with
desire to harmonize the entire
party. He asked leave to introduce a
series of resolutions which he had pro-
prosed and to explain that the one ask
ing that no ballots be taken tonight was
to give the friends who had supported
him and to whom he referred in heart
felt terms, time to consult among them
selves. He then read the following
resolutions, which were adopted amid
the utmost enthusiasm and cheers.